North Reading News

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — The School Committee is scheduled to approve the recommended fiscal year 2016 school budget on Monday, April 27.

The proposed modified level services school budget unveiled by Superintendent of Schools Jon Bernard last month totals $27,886,226, representing a 4.2 percent increase over FY’15’s budget of $26,764,015. While the school…

BOSTON – House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr. (R–North Reading) and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R–Gloucester) are advising North Reading residents who utilize the commuter rail that they may soon experience some travel delays due to scheduled work on the Haverhill Line.

Over the next two months, Keolis Commuter Services and the…

NORTH READING — Over the past several days, North Reading Little League has received several reports of residents receiving phone calls from an organization stating they are fundraising for “North Reading’s 12/13-year-old Babe Ruth Eastern Conference League.”

North Reading Little League does not play in such a league, and the organization making the calls…

By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING – After three months of careful pruning of the town’s fiscal 2016 budget, the general government side of the ledger is balanced at $14 million, up just $78,000 from the current year’s spending plan.

The good news is, there’s even a slight amount of money left over, about $77,000, to…

NORTH READING — Chief Michael P. Murphy reports that the North Reading Police Department will join 191 Massachusetts law enforcement agencies in the national U Drive, U Text, U Pay, mobilization to crack down on motorists who text while driving. The campaign, which combines traditional and innovative enforcement strategies, is funded by a federal…

By DAN TOMASELLO

NORTH READING — There are a lot of exciting things happening at the Little School.

The School Committee continued their annual tour of the town’s five schools on Monday, when the school board made its fourth stop on the road show at the Little School.

Principal Christine Molle served as the master…

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By BOB TUROSZ

NORTH READING — Police made four arrests  on drug charges in the last week, three on Monday and another last Thursday, April 2.

On Monday, April 6, as a result of working a joint investigation with other police agencies related to the active distribution of multiple drugs in town, police made a…